(The itinerary and links to our photos and each day’s blog post are at the end of this page)

We love 台湾 Taiwan’s forest, mountain and waterways . Trails and hikes are simply refreshing for us, away from urban cities and just enjoying the great nature. We make an effort to spend more time to absorb the greens and fresh air in the mountains.

As it was near to Winter and with the high altitude, we were constantly blanketed with mist. So mystical and surreal, LOVE !

Boon Kang taking a breather at Aowanda

We last visited Taiwan as a family six years ago, read our precious itinerary here. Kids have all grown up and we can afford to add more sports and hiking into our itinerary.

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YouTube link – 10D9N in 2 minutes, we Love Taiwan Day and Night, Dry or Wet

溪頭 Xitou’s mini hike was actually my second favourite activity, but I over-estimated our family’s fitness. Just amazing to see the bamboo forest :p

清境 Cing Jing farm, everyone knows about the sheep and fresh air, but did you know about the sheep poo :p (It was still a lot of Fun for our family)

奧萬大 Aowanda National Forest’s famous suspension bridge, only 180m long.

Our 10D9N trip took us from Nantou to Taichung to Ruifang and back to Taipei. We plan for only 4 or 5 sights per day so that we can fully enjoy and appreciate each hop.

We are still sorting out the photos. Tips, Venue and GPS will be added later. If you have any urgent requests, just drop us an email “andy@SengkangBabies.com”

Day 2 (FRI) Cing Jing

We love the weather, the mist, the sheep and all the photo opportunities.
(ticketed, recommend 2 to 3 hours, including tea break)

Trailed 487 steps from horse ranch and walk back to 7-11. We did not try Sunset trail 4pm (Sun sets around 1705 during Winter time).

How come there are so few stars in the Winter evenings?

The cold weather gave us the perfect excuse to indulge in Hot Chocolate and cheese cake. Visited 星巴克 Starbucks every night 🙂

Day 3 (SAT) Xitou and Sun Moon Lake

9)Visited 妖怪村 Monster Village and 溪頭自然教育園區(Xitou), they are side by side. Nature lovers can spend up to half a day here. Famous icons are the bamboo forest and 天空走廊 “Sky corridor”. (Ticketed, recommend 2 to 3 hours)

Families might find Monster village fascinating, like a Japanese popup neighbourhood. Look deeper and you will find all stuffs quirky and even crass haha. (1 hour should be enough)

Taiwan free and easy family

Love the mist which keeps floating in and out, so cool (literally).

10)We spent so much time at Xitou that we had to skip 車埕 and 貯木池.

11)Sun was setting and we had to forego cycling around 日月潭 Sun Moon Lake. If time permits, cycle towards “向山觀景台 天空步道” within 20 to 30 minutes. One round around the lake is about 25km, or 2 hours.

We did notice there are many accessories for pet dogs. Why do Taiwanese like to parade their pet dogs?

* 44) Taiwan culture is best experience. Most folks are very hospitable and helpful. 人情味 is so strong in Taiwan, and I hope the kids remember the friendly guides, host, drivers and many other vendor, hawkers we met in Taiwan.

Taiwanese know we are from Singapore or Malaysia from our accent haha.

As the Sun set somewhere in Taiwan, we got 10D9N of memories to bring home. 台灣赞!

Additional tips :

a)Be it high in the mountain, deep in the forest or exploring some back alleys in Taipei, ChangiWiFi from Changi Recommends did not disappoint. We could connect up to 6 devices simultaneously.

ChangiWiFi could last us 4 hours easily before a recharge.

Being Online means we can utilise Google Map, Google Images, Email, Social Media and if parents allowed, online games for the kids :p

b)YouBike is very popular in cities, but you need a Taiwan number for registration. When we were walking around in Taichung and Taipei, we love the dedicated bike lanes, there was minimum risk of being knocked over by a reckless eBike or eScooters.

By the way, bikes can only park at designated lots, thus no messy situation like Singapore’s bikes.

This page is the overview of our 10D9N Taiwan Itinerary for families. Too much Fun! , pardon the spam of photos.
Do pop by this page again as I will be updating the urls for new photos (on Facebook) and each day’s blog post. We hope our itinerary will be useful for your planning and reference.